Book or paper holder.



Patented Oct. l, 190i.

p6 VENT0R BY ATTORNEY J. L. CARR.

BOOK OB PAPER HOLDER.

(Apph t fll till 12 1901 (No Model.)

WITNSES: 5? WWO. z? a? UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES L. CARR, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

, BOOK OR PAPER HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 683,724, dated October1, 1901.

Application filed June 12, 1901.

To (bl Z whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES L. CARR, of Indianapolis, county of Marion,and State of Indiana, have invented a certain new and useful Book orPaper Holder; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to theaccompanying drawings, in which like numerals refer to like parts.

The object of this invention is to provide a substantial and convenientbook or paper holder, and especially one wherein the leaves can bereadily turned.

The chief feature of this invention consists in providing a stationaryleaf-holder and a book or paper support back of it that is movable awayfrom or toward said leaf-holder, whereby the leaf-holder will hold theleaves down while the book is held against it and the book-support canbe moved back from the leaf-holder sufficiently far to permit the leavesto be readily turned,and then the booksupport will be returned to itsoriginal position.

In carrying out this invention one feature of it consists in making thebook-support oscillatory from its base, either by pivoting and using aspring to hold it in its normal position adjacent the leaf-holder orhinging with a spring connection, as herein shown, whereby thebook-support may be readily pushed back from the leaf-holder for turningthe leaf and then will automatically return to the book-support.

Another feature of the invention consists in providing a means formoving the booksupport toward and from the leaf-holder and limiting theextent of its movement.

The features of this invention will be more clearly understood from theaccompanying drawings and the following description and claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective of the device with the plateon the book-support partly broken away. Fig. 2 is a side elevation witha book in place. Fig. 3 is the same with the book-support pushed backwhile turning a leaf.

The device, as here shown, is made almost wholly of wire, because thatis light and cheap. In the first place a suitable base is made. In thedevice herein shown the base Serial no; 64,327. (No model.)

consists of two parallel wires 1 and two side wires 2, secured togetherat their intersections. There are also intermediate wires 3, extendingbetween and secured to the wires 1. The leaf-holder is securedstationary to this base. As herein shown,it consists of the horizontalwire 4, the ends of which are turned down to make the uprights 5, andthey are continued to make the horizontal portions 6, which rest uponthe forward wire 1 and are secured to it by soldering or otherwise andtoward the rear are secured to the side wires 2. The book-support issecured upon said base. As the device is herein shown the book-supportconsists of a frame comprising the top wire 7,whose ends are extendeddown to form the side wires 8. There is also a cross-wire 9, preferablybelow the leaf-holder and the intermediate bracing-wire 10. I alsoprovide on said book-support a pair of bottom supports 11 for the book20, which are formed of wires suspended from the top of the frame andextending below the leafholder, so as to rest upon said frame, and atthe lower end are turned forward at a right angle. This bottom support11 should be about one inch or so below the leaf-holder. Over the framejust described I secure a plate 12 for the book to rest against toprevent wear.

The book-support may be secured to the base by any suitable means thatwill permit it to oscillate toward and away from the leafholder. In thedevice as herein shown this connection consists of the spiral springs13, which are a continuation of and a connection between the side wires2 of the base and the side wires 8 of the book-support. In other words,one side wire 2 of the base is coiled to make the spiral spring 13 onone side,and then continues up to make the side wire 8 of thebook-support, and then is turned horizontally across the top to form theside wire 7, and then continued down on the other side, so that thesides of the book-supports are similarly formed; but I do not wish tolimit my invention to this particular construction.

Any suitable means for pushing backward the book-support may be used.That which is herein shown consists of the arm 15, formed of a singlelooped wire and suspended from the top wire 7 of the book-support. It isU- shaped and serves as a stop for the backward limit of movement of thebook-support by striking again st the basewires,when it is held by thearm 16. Said arm 16 is pivotally connected with the front wire 1 of thebase and extends back through the U-shaped bar 15 and has a hooked end17 to catch over the lower end of said arm or loop 15, whereby they maybe detached, if desired.

In use the book-support is pushed back somewhat from the leaf-holder andthe book put in place. The springs 13 will throw the book-support, andtherefore the book, forward against the leaf-holder. WVhen it is desired to turn a leaf, the arm 16 is pressed downward by extending thehand beneath the book or around the side of it. When the arm 16 is thusdepressed, the book recedes from the leaf-holder, the leaf is turned,and the arm 16 re1eased,whereby the springs 13 will return the bookagainst the leaf-holder.

Vhat I claim to be new is- 1. A book or paper holder including astationary leaf-holder, a book or paper support behind the leaf-holdermovable toward or from the leaf-holder, and a spring for holding thebook or paper support adjacent the leafholder.

2. A book or paper holder including a sta formed of a wire with its twoends pivoted to the upper portion of the supporting-frame for the bookor paper and the lower end of said wire extending forward therefrom atsub stantially a right angle, and a leaf-holder formed of a single wirewith a central horizontal portion adjacent the book or paper holdingframe and the ends thereof extending down and then back horizontally andsecured to the wires of the base.

4. A book or paper holder including a stationary leaf-holder, a book orpaper support behind the leaf-holder, a spring for holding said book orpaper support adjacent the leafholder, and means for moving said book orpaper holder away from the leaf-holder.

- 5. A book or paper holder including a leafholder, a hook or papersupport, springmounted at its lower end, whereby it will be heldadjacent the leaf-holder, an arm connected with said leaf-holder andextending backward therefrom to form a stop to limit the movement ofsaid book or paper support.

6. A book or paper holder including a leafholder, a book or papersupport behind the leaf-holder, a spring mounted at its lower end so asto oscillate and be held against the leafholder, an arm extendingrearward from the upper portion of the book or paper support, andanother arm pivoted to the front portion of the device and secured withthe outer end of the other arm, whereby the book or paper support isoscillated.

In witness whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presenceof the witnesses herein named.

JAMES L. CARR.

\Vitnesses:

FLORENCE E. BRYANT, V. H. LooKwooD.

